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Destroyer

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[INTRO]
D D/B
[VERSE 1]
DHave you seen mD/By lover
DWith her long blonde D/Bhair?
DEverything we dD/Bid just went so wroDngD/B  
DLast time that D/BI saw her
DShe was standinD/Bg there
DNow I've come to D/Bwonder where she's DgoneD/B  
DWhere she's gone, D/Blord
DWhere she's gonD/Be, lord
ANow I've come to wonder where she's DgoneD/B  
[VERSE 2]
DAnd have you seD/Ben my mother
DShe's out lookiD/Bng for my father?
DDidn't think thD/Bat she'd be gone this loDngD/B  
DHe's gone where D/Byou can't go
DBut I let her hD/Bave her fun
DNow I've come tD/Bo wonder where she's goDneD/B  
DWhere she's gonD/Be, lord
DWhere she's gonD/Be, lord
ANow I've come to wonder where she's DgoneD/B  
[VERSE 3]
DAnd what about D/Bmy sister
DShe looks just D/Blike me
DLooking into heD/Br is like a mirrDorD/B  
DAnd when we werD/Be young
DWe weren't two D/Bbut one
DSometimes I comD/Be to wonder where she's gDoneD/B  
Where she's Agone, lord
Where she's Dgone
[BRIDGE]
Without a kGingdom
Without a Abird over my Bmhead
Don't believe what they tGold you
Believe what you Aheard
Or what I sBmaid
And now I go dGown towards the Awater
In which we Bmcried
And now I go Gdown towards the Adirt
In which we Bmdied, died, died, died
DDestroyerD/B  
DDestroyerD/B  
[VERSE 4]
DAnd, oh, what aD/Bbout me?
DI'm out wanderiD/Bng the streets
DSilently carryiD/Bng a song
DUntil it gets tD/Boo loud
DAnd it comes ruD/Bshing out of my mouth
DOh, you'll probD/Bably wonder where I've gone
DWhere I've goneD/B, lord
DWhere I've goneD/B, lord
DOh, you'll probD/Bably wonder where I've gone
[OUTRO]
DDestroyerD/B  D  D/B  
DDestroyerD/B  D  D/B  

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Destroyer

by Kevin Morby

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Chords in this song · guitar

D/B

[INTRO]

D D/B

[VERSE 1]

D D/B

Have you seen my lover

D D/B

With her long blonde hair?

D D/B D D/B

Everything we did just went so wrong

D D/B

Last time that I saw her

D D/B

She was standing there

D D/B D D/B

Now I've come to wonder where she's gone

D D/B

Where she's gone, lord

D D/B

Where she's gone, lord

A D D/B

Now I've come to wonder where she's gone

[VERSE 2]

D D/B

And have you seen my mother

D D/B

She's out looking for my father?

D D/B D D/B

Didn't think that she'd be gone this long

D D/B

He's gone where you can't go

D D/B

But I let her have her fun

D D/B D D/B

Now I've come to wonder where she's gone

D D/B

Where she's gone, lord

D D/B

Where she's gone, lord

A D D/B

Now I've come to wonder where she's gone

[VERSE 3]

D D/B

And what about my sister

D D/B

She looks just like me

D D/B D D/B

Looking into her is like a mirror

D D/B

And when we were young

D D/B

We weren't two but one

D D/B D D/B

Sometimes I come to wonder where she's gone

Where she's gone, lord

Where she's gone

[BRIDGE]

Without a kingdom

A Bm

Without a bird over my head

Don't believe what they told you

Believe what you heard

Or what I said

G A

And now I go down towards the water

In which we cried

G A

And now I go down towards the dirt

In which we died, died, died, died

D D/B

Destroyer

D D/B

Destroyer

[VERSE 4]

D D/B

And, oh, what about me?

D D/B

I'm out wandering the streets

D D/B

Silently carrying a song

D D/B

Until it gets too loud

D D/B

And it comes rushing out of my mouth

D D/B

Oh, you'll probably wonder where I've gone

D D/B

Where I've gone, lord

D D/B

Where I've gone, lord

D D/B

Oh, you'll probably wonder where I've gone

[OUTRO]

D D/B D D/B

Destroyer

D D/B D D/B

Destroyer

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